Forum: SparTalk
07-19-2013, 02:50 PM
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316 mildly magnetic
316ss can be made mildly magnetic by cold work. This happens in wire drawing. The corrosion spots can be contaminates from the drawing die. As Brion suggest the presences of rust spots could also be...
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Forum: SparTalk
03-28-2013, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 7
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Glad going well
Brion
Keep doing what PT says. Recovery will be much more fruitful. Hang in there.
Goodwinds
DaveM
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Forum: SparTalk
03-20-2013, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,215
Thanks
Brion
Thanks a bunch. Your way is a lot better than I was thinking.
Goodwinds
DaveM
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Forum: SparTalk
03-19-2013, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 7
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Filling Hi Mod with Sealant
Brion
Thanks for reply. For applying sealant to a Hi Mod is it sufficient to fill the fitting with the wires set in their socket with the crown ring in. Then scew in the male part squeezing the...
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Forum: SparTalk
03-18-2013, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 7
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Applying sealant to Hi Mod
Brion
The only dissimilar metal in the Hi Mod is the crown ring. If I fill the cavity inside the wire side fitting with the crown in place and screw the male part in do you think I would seal the...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-25-2013, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 10
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Chest high Jacklines
I like Brions idea of chest high life lines. I wonder where and how you would attach them to keep them that high. I am also confused on the word "outside". I thought the idea was to pull you toward...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-13-2011, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 4
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O'day 35 stay configuration measurement
Thanks for responses. Relooked at boat. Top of all stays and shrouds are ball and stem fittings. The bottoms on port and starboard are Navtek u bolt chain plates. The stays are use an upset toggle...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-30-2011, 12:55 PM
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Rigging specifications
I am trying to intrepret the standing rigging spec. for an O'Day 35. This has to do with the pin center length (PCL) measurements. The Manual reads the "PLC is from the bearing of ball and cup(s)...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-02-2009, 07:10 PM
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StaLok and Stemballs
I am getting ready to redo my standing rigging. I would like to use StaLoks for all connections but I have stemball connectors at the masthead. I have not found any in the StaLok line. What would...
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Forum: SparTalk
09-07-2007, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 3
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Thanks for Reply
Brion
I appreciate the reply. What you said is what I thought. I used your advice before and went though all the calcs guided by The Apprentice and all made since. I used the loads for one wire...
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Forum: SparTalk
09-03-2007, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 3
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Oil Canning Transom O'Day 35
I just noticed this evening, with the sun at the right angle, that I have oil canning in the transom associated with the back stay chain plate. The gel coat is not cracked but rumpled. Even though...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-11-2006, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 4
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Aaron - Thanks
The Harken website helped a bunch. A cascade makes a lot of since and puts the top block below the boom, which I like. That is part of what I was concerned about. I think that the fixed end of the...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-09-2006, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 4
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Thanks Tom
Appreciate the guidance. That gives me enough to get started.
Dave
GoodWinds
s/v DAMWEGAS
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Forum: SparTalk
01-05-2006, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 4
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Installing Cunningham
Hi All,
I want to install a cunningham on my O'Day 35. Once I get the cringle in the main for the cunningham I am trying to figure my way through the best way to rig the cunningham through the...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-23-2005, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,070
Thanks
Thanks Guys, Very helpful
Good Winds
Dave M :D
s/v DAMWEGAS
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Forum: SparTalk
08-22-2005, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 3
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Life Line Rope
I have noticed when the discussion of using rope for life lines, Sampson rope Amstel 12 comes up as being used. Their is a New England rope 12 braid that I think is called Endura. It has similar...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-02-2005, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 2
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Hood Furler 810
I am going to up grade my Hood 810 continuous line furler to a Hood single line furler/reefer so I can be confident when I need to reef the gibe. Hood talks about the single line unit using a 80 ft...
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